Artist
Francis Frith & Co.(British, founded 1859)British, founded 1859
CultureBritish
Titles
- Columns, Pharaoh's Bed
Datec. 1855–1860
Place depictedPhilae, Egypt
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 8 1/16 x 6 7/16 in. (20.4 x 16.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 6 7/16 in. (20.4 × 16.4 cm)
Mount: 14 15/16 x 12 in. (38 x 30.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 6 7/16 in. (20.4 × 16.4 cm)
Mount: 14 15/16 x 12 in. (38 x 30.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McLanahan in honor of Edward B. Mayo
Object number88.233
Non exposé
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Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Splendors of Ancient Egypt" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston September 22, 1996 thru March 29, 1997
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto of mount bottom left in pencil "Columns, Pharaohs Bed / 1894 Philae"
top left "380h"
verso of mount bottom right in pencil "14.88-88"
top left "380h"
verso of mount bottom right in pencil "14.88-88"
verso of mount bottom right a printed label "FRITH'S / PHOTO-PICTURES / THE / UNIVERSAL SERIES"
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